Seafood Watch: Part 1

If you are like me than you love to eat seafood. But you are also worried about its quality. Being a resident of Southern California the availability of seafood is almost endless. Some questions you may want answered are: Is it safe for my kids, What are the omega contents, what are the mercury and other contaminant contents, and do I need to be concerned with radiation?

Here are the places you can go to get these types of questions answered!

General:

http://www.kidsafeseafood.org: This is a great site that gives you a lot of information about the seafood your children, and even you, should be eating. They have a list of the best choices for healthy and environmentally friendly seafood. They discuss the health benefits of seafood, and why we need it in our diets. They also have information on preparation and recipes.

http://seafoodhealthfacts.org: This is a great site that has a wealth of information about seafood. They discuss food safety, daily recommendations, nutritional benefits, and more!

http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/publichealthfocus/ucm247403.htm: This is the FDA’s latest on radiation concerns over the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power facility incident. They state that there is NO current evidence of radionuclides from the incident being found in FDA regulated imported seafood, or US caught seafood (as of March 2014).